Board game device

ABSTRACT

The present invention relates to a board game device, and particularly to a board game device whereby game boards may be separated or coupled. The present invention enables creating a single game board by coupling a plurality of game boards, thereby enabling the volume of the game board to be reduced when storing same. The present invention enables replacing section display boards on which sections are displayed, thereby enabling various kinds of games to be played by means of a single board game device. In addition, the present invention is provided with a transparent game board cover enabling the section display boards to be visible, and has protrusions inserted into structures formed on the upper part of the cover so as to prevent the structures from being easily separated.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

The present application is a National Phase of International ApplicationNo. PCT/KR2017/011841, filed on Oct. 25, 2017, which is based upon andclaims the benefit of priority from Korean Patent Application No.10-2016-0163014, filed on Dec. 1 2016. The disclosures of theabove-listed applications are hereby incorporated by reference herein intheir entirety.

1. FIELD

The present disclosure relates to a board game set. In particular, thepresent disclosure relates to a board game set in which playing boardsmay be coupled to or decoupled from each other and a building-miniatureis fixed to a playing board during gameplay.

2. DESCRIPTION OF RELATED ART

In a board game, while a player piece or a card is disposed on a playingboard, a game proceeds according to a certain rule. The board game mayinclude various kinds of games. Among them, in a marble game, a playerpiece moves on the playing board by a sum of the numbers of two dice asthrown, and an action corresponding to a section at which the playerpiece has arrived is taken. Each of the sections along which the playerpiece moves may correspond to a capital of each country. A nationalcertificate indicating an ownership of a corresponding area containssimple information about the area.

A board game set for playing such a board game includes a playing boardand a player piece. The playing board usually includes a rectangularplaying board. However, the conventional board game set has a bulkyplaying board and takes up a lot of storage space. Further, in theconventional board game set, a building miniature is placed on theplaying board. Accordingly, the building miniature is not fixed on theplaying board, so that when the playing board is impacted during thegame, the building miniature moves or falls down from the playing board.

DISCLOSURE Technical Purposes

A purpose of the present disclosure is to provide a board game set witha building-miniature fixed on a playing board.

Further, another purpose of the present disclosure is to provide a boardgame set in which various games may be operated on a single board gamevia exchange between various section-defining plates.

Technical Solutions

In one aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a board gameset comprising: a playing board having a top face divided into aplurality of sections; a building miniature having a groove defined in abottom face thereof, wherein the building miniature is fixable to theboard; and a building miniature-fixing protrusion formed on the top faceof the playing board, wherein the building miniature-fixing protrusionis constructed to be inserted into the groove defined the buildingminiature.

In one embodiment, the playing board includes: an elongate body having arectangular box shape; a transparent elongate cover covering a top faceof the elongate body; and an elongate section-defining plate removablyinserted between the elongate body and the elongate cover, wherein theelongate section-defining plate has a top face divided into a pluralityof sections.

In one embodiment, the building miniature-fixing protrusion is formed onthe elongate cover, wherein a slit is defined in the buildingminiature-fixing protrusion.

In one embodiment, the building miniature-fixing protrusion includes aplurality of building miniature-fixing protrusions spaced apart fromeach other, wherein a projection is formed on an inner face of eachbuilding miniature-fixing protrusion in the slit, wherein the projectionprotrudes horizontally from the inner face of each buildingminiature-fixing protrusion, and each building miniature-fixingprotrusion protrudes vertically from a top face of the cover.

In one embodiment, the projection is formed on one or the other of bothfacing-away inner faces of each building miniature-fixing protrusion inthe slit. In one embodiment, the projections are sequentially arrangedin a staggered manner along the plurality of building miniature-fixingprotrusions.

Technical Effects

According to the present disclosure, the transparent elongate cover mayallow the elongate section-defining plate to be viewable to a user.Further, the protrusion inserted into the building miniature may beformed on the transparent elongate cover. Thus, the building miniaturedoes not easily deviate from the playing board even when the userchanges an orientation of the playing board from a horizontal directionto a vertical direction or when the playing board is impacted during thegame.

Further, according to the present disclosure, various games may beoperated on a single board game via exchange between varioussection-defining plates.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a board game set according to thepresent disclosure.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a first playing board of theboard game set according to the present disclosure.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view illustrating a combination of a firstplaying board and a fourth playing board in the board game set accordingto the present disclosure.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view illustrating a coupling betweenfirst to fourth playing boards in the board game set according to thepresent disclosure.

FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B are perspective views showing a building miniaturefastened to a building miniature-fixing protrusion in the board game setaccording to the present disclosure.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a first playing board for illustrating afirst elongate section-defining plate in the board game set according tothe present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present disclosure will be describedin detail with reference to the drawings.

However, the present disclosure is not limited to the embodimentdisclosed below, but may be embodied in various forms. The embodiment ismerely provided to allow the present disclosure to be complete, and tofully illustrate the scope of the present disclosure to those skilled inthe art. Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout thedrawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a board game set according to thepresent disclosure. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a playing board of aboard game set according to the present disclosure.

The board game set according to the present disclosure includes aplaying board assembly 100 having a plurality of boards, each boardhaving multiple sections as shown in FIG. 1; a plurality of playerpieces 200 moving between the plurality of sections, a buildingminiature 300 fixedly disposed on at least one of the plurality ofsections, and a money piece 400 required for a board game. Further, theboard game set may further include a national certificate as awardedwhen purchasing a country section and marking a toll thereon, andspecial cards indicating various events. Further, the game set mayinclude a die (not shown) for determining the number of sections alongwhich the player piece moves based on a play order. In one example, thedie may include a general die of a hexahedron. Alternative, anelectronic die that displays a corresponding natural number from 1 to 6when a corresponding button thereof is pressed.

The playing board assembly 100 is configured for playing a board game.The playing board assembly 100 has a shape of a square frame in a planview, and a plurality of sections is displayed on a top face thereof.The playing board assembly 100 includes a first elongate playing board110, a second elongate playing board 120 connected to the first elongateplaying board 110, and a third elongate playing board 130 connected tothe second elongate playing board 120, and a fourth elongate playingboard 140 connected to the third elongate playing board 130 and thefirst elongate playing board 110. In this connection, the first elongateplaying board 110 and the second elongate playing board 120, the thirdelongate playing board 130 and the fourth elongate playing board 140according to the present disclosure have the same shape. Further, thesecond elongate playing board 120 includes a second elongate body 121, asecond elongate cover 122 and a second elongate section-defining plate123. The third elongate playing board 130 includes a third elongate body131, a third elongate cover 132, and a third elongate section-definingplate 133. Further, the fourth elongate playing board 140 includes afourth elongate body 141, a fourth elongate cover 142 and a fourthelongate section-defining plate 143. Therefore, the first elongateplaying board 110 will be mainly described below. However, the firstelongate section-defining plate 113 in the first elongate playing board110 to be described later may be different from each of the secondelongate section-defining plate 123, the third elongate section-definingplate 123, and the fourth elongate section-defining plate 143respectively belonging to the second elongate playing board 120, thethird elongate playing board 130 and the fourth elongate playing board140.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a playing board of a board game setaccording to the present disclosure. FIG. 2 is an exploded perspectiveview of a first playing board of the board game set according to thepresent disclosure. FIG. 3 is a perspective view illustrating acombination of a first playing board and a fourth playing board in theboard game set according to the present disclosure. FIG. 4 is anexploded perspective view illustrating a coupling between first tofourth playing boards in the board game set according to the presentdisclosure.

The first elongate playing board 110 is a unit constituting a playingboard assembly 100. As shown in FIG. 2, the first elongate playing board110 includes a first elongate body 111, a first elongate cover 112covering a top of the first elongate body 111, and a firstsection-defining plate 113 disposed between the first elongate body 111and the first elongate cover 112.

The first elongate body 111 is embodied as a hollow rectangular box, andhas a flat top surface and a flat bottom surface. Further, a firstelongate body hook-receiving groove 111 b is formed in a top edge of thefirst elongate body 111 to be engaged with a first elongate cover hook112 b of the first elongate cover 112. In this connection, the firstelongate body hook-receiving groove 111 b may include at least onegroove defined along the top edge of the first elongate body 111.Accordingly, the number of the first elongate cover hooks 112 b isincreased or decreased in a corresponding manner to the number of thefirst elongate body hook-receiving grooves 111 b. Further, the firstelongate body 111 has a first elongate body protrusion 111 a and firstelongate body groove (having the same shape as a component 141 c in FIG.3) such that the first elongate body 111 is combined with adjacentelongate bodies. The first elongate body protrusion 111 a is engagedwith a groove in a first adjacent elongate body, while the firstelongate body groove is engaged with a protrusion of a second adjacentelongate body. For example, referring to FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, the firstelongate body protrusion 111 a is joined with a fourth elongate bodygroove, while the first elongate body groove is engaged with the secondelongate body protrusion.

In one example, a magnet may be provided on an inner face of the grooveof the first elongate body 111 and in an interior of the first elongatebody protrusion 111 a. Further, although not shown, a magnet may beprovided on an inner face of the second elongate body groove and in thesecond elongate body protrusion. Further, although not shown, a magnetmay be provided on an inner face of the third elongate body groove andin the third elongate body protrusion. Further, although not shown, amagnet may be provided on an inner face of the fourth elongate bodygroove and in the fourth elongate body protrusion. In this case, acoupling force between the elongate body groove and the elongate bodyprotrusion as paired is increased by the magnetic force. That is, acoupling force between the first elongate playing board 110 and thesecond elongate playing board 120, and a coupling force between thethird elongate playing board 130 and the fourth elongate playing board140 may be increased. Further, a special mark receiving groove may beformed along an edge of the first elongate body 111. In this connection,the special mark is allocated to a country section owned by a singleplayer. Thus, when the other player arrives at the country section wherethe special mark is allocated, a toll may be increased by a multiple ofan indicated number thereon and may be imposed to the other player.

FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B are perspective views showing a building miniaturefastened to a building miniature-fixing protrusion in a board game setaccording to the present disclosure.

The first elongate cover 112 is disposed on a top surface of the firstelongate body 111 so that the first elongate section-defining plate 113may be provided between the first elongate body 111 and the firstelongate cover 112. The first elongate cover 112 is formed to align withthe first elongate body 111. Further, the first elongate cover 112 isformed of a transparent material so that the section of the firstelongate section-defining plate 113 may be viewed to the user throughthe first elongate cover 112. Accordingly, the first elongatesection-defining plate 113 is visible through the first elongate cover112. Thus, in one example, a slit or protruding line formed on a topsurface of the first elongate cover 112 defines a boundary dividing thefirst elongate section-defining plate 113 into sections. The playerpiece 200 moves on and along the top surface of first elongate cover112. The building miniature 300 is placed on a top face of the cover112. As shown in FIG. 5A, a fixing protrusion 112 a is formed on a topface of the first elongate cover 112. Thus, the fixing protrusion 112 ais inserted into a recess formed in a bottom face of the buildingminiature 300 to prevent the building miniature 300 from being easilydetached from the first elongate cover 112. The first buildingminiature-fixing-protrusion 112 a may include two rectangularprotrusions separated from each other, each protrusion has a rectangularshape as a whole as shown in FIG. 5A. However, the present disclosure isnot limited thereto. Two semicircular protrusions may be spaced apartfrom each other, or two elliptical protrusions may be spaced apart fromeach other, or two polygon protrusions may be spaced apart from eachother, to define the first building miniature-fixing-protrusion 112 a.In a marble game as illustrated by way of example in this embodiment, atleast three building miniatures may be allocated to one section (onecountry section). Thus, as shown in FIG. 5B, three first buildingminiature-fixing-protrusions 112 a are formed for each section, eachsection being defined by a border corresponding to a slit or protrudingline. The present disclosure is not limited thereto. The number of thefirst building miniature-fixing-protrusions 112 a for each section mayvary according to game rules. In this connection, the building miniatureaccording to the present disclosure may be embodied as a thin card formin addition to a three-dimension type as shown in FIG. 5A. In this case,the first building miniature-fixing-protrusion 112 a, as shown in FIG.5B, may have a slit formed in the first buildingminiature-fixing-protrusion 112 a. Thus, the card-shaped buildingminiature 300 may be inserted and fixed in the corresponding slit. Inthis case, the slit width in the first buildingminiature-fixing-protrusion 112 a is shown as large in FIG. 5B. This isonly for convenience of illustration of a configuration of the slit.However, the actual slit is formed to be narrow enough to allow thecard-shaped building miniature from being fitted into the slit and thusto be prevented from being separated from the slit. That is, the slitwidth in the first building miniature-fixing-protrusion 112 a is sizedto be smaller than a thickness of the card-shaped building miniature.Further, a projection e is formed on an inner face of the protrusion 112a in the slit. As shown in FIG. 5B, the projections e are arranged in azigzag form along a plurality of first buildingminiature-fixing-protrusions 112 a so that the card-shaped buildingminiature is more tightly fitted into the slit. Further, the firstelongate cover 112 has the number of first elongate cover hooks 112 bcorresponding to the number of the first elongate body hook-receivinggrooves 111 b as described above. Each hook 112 b may extend downwardfrom an edge of the first elongate cover 112. Accordingly, the firstelongate cover 112 is fastened to a top edge of the first elongate body111 while a space for receiving the first elongate section-definingplate is formed between the top surface of the first elongate body 111and the bottom surface of the first elongate cover 112.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a first playing board for illustrating afirst elongate section-defining plate in a board game set according tothe present disclosure.

The first elongate section-defining plate 113 is inserted into the firstelongate section-defining plate insert space formed between the top faceof the first elongate body 111 and a bottom face of the first elongatecover 112, as shown in FIG. 6. The first elongate section-defining plate113 has a shape corresponding to a shape of the top surface of the firstelongate body 111 in the plan view. A thickness of the plate 113 ispreferably sized to a size of a paper, so that the plate 113 may beinserted into the first elongate section-defining plate insertion spaceformed between the top face of the first elongate body 111 and a bottomface of the first elongate cover 112. Further, a plurality of sectionsare displayed on the top surface of the first elongate section-definingplate 113. The plurality of sections may include a plurality of firstcountry sections and at least one or more first special sections.

The first country section displays each of various countries. In oneexample, the first elongate section-defining plate 113 displays Bangkok,Beijing, Dokdo, Taipei, Dubai, and Cairo listed as a national section.These country sections display sales prices of the countries togetherwith the name of the country.

The first special section refers to a section in which a special eventoccurs and which is different than the first country section. Thisembodiment illustrates a start section and a bonus game section as thefirst special section.

The start section is defined only in the first elongate section-definingplate 113. From the start section, all player pieces 200 participatingin the board game depart. That is, all player pieces 200 are placed onthe start section before the board game starts. When the player piece200 has passed all of the first elongate section-defining plate 113, thesecond elongate section-defining plate 123, the third elongatesection-defining plate 133, and the fourth elongate section-definingplate 133 and then arrived at the start section, the correspondingplayer piece 200 may receive a money piece 400 of a predeterminedamount.

The bonus game section allows the player who arrives at the bonus gamesection to perform a bonus game. For this purpose, a separate bonusplaying board may be provided. This bonus playing board may be, forexample, a rotatable board. Further, the bonus playing board may displaythereon various instructions that affect a game progress of otherplayers, or a player playing a bonus game, such as, for example, rollinga die once, getting a money piece from a bank, etc. The bonus gamesection may be displayed between the start section and the countrysection, or between the country sections.

The second elongate section-defining plate 123 is provided on the topface of the first elongate body 111. Various sections such as countrysections are displayed on the second elongate section-defining plate123. Accordingly, a plurality of second country sections and at leastone second special sections are displayed on the top face of the secondelongate section-defining plate 123.

The second country sections may include a number of country sections.For example, the number of country sections may include Bali, Tokyo,Sydney, Quebec, Hawaii and Sao Paulo.

The second special section refers to a section at which an event occurssimilarly to the first special section. In this embodiment, the secondspecial section illustrates an uninhabited island section and a specialcard section.

The uninhabited island section prevents the player arriving thereto fromleaving the uninhabited island section for a predetermined number ofboard game runs. In one example, in a special circumstance, for example,a player in an uninhabited island section might be able to get out ofthe uninhabited island section immediately in a situation when theplayer rolling two dice gets the same number therebetween.

The special card section allows a player who arrives at the special cardsection to have a special card marked with a predetermined event. Inthis connection, on the special card, various events may be markedincluding an event at which the player arriving at a country sectionowned by another player may not pay for the toll corresponding to thecountry section owned by another player, or an event at which the playersells a country section with the highest selling price among the countrysections owned by the other players.

The third elongate section-defining plate 133 may display thereon athird national section and a third special section similarly to thefirst elongate section-defining plate 113 and the second elongatesection-defining plate 123 as described above. The third elongatesection-defining plate 133 may display thereon, Rome and Geneva, Moscow,Berlin, Phuket and Prague.

The third special section includes the winner prize section. The winnerprize section pays the prize money to the player who has the playerpiece arriving at that section. For example, a total amount of taxescollected from players arriving at a national tax office and including acorresponding player at arriving at the third special section and otherplayers may be provided to the corresponding player arriving at theprize section as the third special section.

The fourth elongate section-defining plate 143 displays, thereon, afourth country section and a fourth special section. In this embodiment,the fourth elongate section-defining plate 143 displays, thereon, Seouland New York, Paris, London and Tahiti.

The fourth special section is displayed between the fourth countrysections. The fourth special section may include a national tax officesection, a special card section and a space travel section. In thisconnection, the special card section is the same as described above, soa description thereof will be omitted.

On the national tax office section, the player may pay for a certainamount of tax. On the space travel section, the player who arrives atthis section may move a player piece thereof to a desired section.

As described above, in accordance with the present disclosure, aplurality of playing boards may be combined to form a playing boardassembly to reduce a storage volume when storing the playing boards.Further, in accordance with the present disclosure, an elongatesection-defining plate may be replaced with another elongatesection-defining plate, so that a variety of games can be implementedwith a single game board. In accordance with the present disclosure, thetransparent elongate cover may allow the elongate section-defining plateto be viewable to a user. Further, the protrusion inserted into thebuilding miniature may be formed on the transparent elongate cover.Thus, the building miniature does not easily deviate from the playingboard even when the user changes an orientation of the playing boardfrom a horizontal direction to a vertical direction or when the playingboard is impacted during the game.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that although thepresent disclosure has been described with reference to the drawings andembodiments, various changes in form and details may be made theretowithout departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure asdefined by the appended claims. That is, although the present disclosureis applied to the marble game among the board games in theabove-described embodiment, the present disclosure is not limitedthereto. The present disclosure may be applied to a variety of boardgames that require a playing board.

What is claimed is:
 1. A board game set comprising: a playing boardhaving a top face divided into a plurality of sections; a buildingminiature having a groove defined in a bottom face thereof, wherein thebuilding miniature is fixable to the board; and a buildingminiature-fixing protrusion formed on the top face of the playing board,wherein the building miniature-fixing protrusion is constructed to beinserted into the groove defined the building miniature.
 2. The boardgame set of claim 1, wherein the playing board includes: a body having arectangular box shape; a transparent cover covering a top face of thebody; and a section-defining plate removably inserted between the bodyand the cover, wherein the section-defining plate has a top face dividedinto a plurality of sections.
 3. The board game set of claim 2, whereinthe building miniature-fixing protrusion is formed on the cover, whereina slit is defined in the building miniature-fixing protrusion.
 4. Theboard game set of claim 3, wherein the building miniature-fixingprotrusion includes a plurality of building miniature-fixing protrusionsspaced apart from each other, wherein a projection is formed on an innerface of each building miniature-fixing protrusion in the slit, whereinthe projection protrudes horizontally from the inner face of eachbuilding miniature-fixing protrusion, while each buildingminiature-fixing protrusion protrudes vertically from a top face of thecover.
 5. The board game set of claim 4, wherein the projection isformed on one or the other of both facing-away inner faces of eachbuilding miniature-fixing protrusion in the slit.
 6. The board game setof claim 5, wherein the projections are sequentially arranged in astaggered manner along the plurality of building miniature-fixingprotrusions.